Wilfred Buck

This genre-defying documentary blends vérité, surrealist imagery, archive, and cinematic re-enactments to tell the story of the titular Buck, a charismatic Cree educator and star knowledge keeper from Northern Manitoba. Based on his memoir I Have Lived Four Lives, the film traverses Buck’s extraordinary path from displacement and addiction to reclaiming the ancestral science and cosmology of his people. As he shares knowledge across communities, he offers not only a map to the stars, but also a guide to healing. Intimate, raw, and ultimately uplifting, the CPH:DOX-selected Wilfred Buck is a moving meditation on Indigenous knowledge, intergenerational trauma, and the power of storytelling to light the way forward.

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